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Aggrecans

"Aggrecans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Large HYALURONAN-containing proteoglycans found in articular cartilage (CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR). They form into aggregates that provide tissues with the capacity to resist high compressive and tensile forces.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aggrecans" by people in this website by year, and whether "Aggrecans" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 22 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1995 and 1996 and 1999 and 2003 and 2005 and 2009
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